The aim of the Education Committee (EC) is to coordinate ESOT’s efforts to advance multidisciplinary education for transplant professionals at all career levels and to contribute to their professional development.
The Basic Science Committee promotes scientific issues and transplantation research within ESOT. An active basic science community and an efficient translation of innovation into the clinic are crucial for the future of transplantation medicine.
The European Transplant Allied Healthcare Professionals (ETAHP) reaches out to allied healthcare professionals throughout Europe in order to ensure the best care possible for all transplant patients, with the aim to optimize patient outcomes.
The Young Professionals in Transplantation (YPT) is the Network for Junior Transplant professionals of ESOT, representing all young transplant clinicians and scientists who are beginning a career in transplantation and organ donation.
The mission of ECTORS is to provide a forum for discussing and stimulating novel developments in the fields of cellular therapies in organ transplantation, organ regeneration and generation of new organs from stem cells and biomaterials.
ECTTA is the forum for experience exchange on treatment of patients with end-stage heart and lung failure. Our aim is to improve outcomes for the patients.
EDTCO aims to support health care professionals to provide clinically effective programmes on organ and tissue donation, procurement and transplantation.
EKITA is the Organ Expert Section of ESOT on kidney transplantation in Europe, providing a forum for kidney transplantation professionals to exchange scientific information and views aimed at providing the best service to European patients .
The European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association (ELITA), previously known as the European Liver Transplant Association (ELTA), is a section of ESOT. Its membership represents the expertise on liver and intestinal transplantation in Europe.
ELPAT is a European platform that brings continuity and progress in European research and dialogue on "Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of organ Transplantation". ELPAT currently consists of over 160 experts from more than 25 European countries.
EPITA is established to provide a forum for those working in the field of pancreas and islet of Langerhans transplantation or any other alternative form of beta cell replacement in Europe, to exchange scientific information and views related primarily to providing the best service for patients in Europe requiring pancreas or islet transplantation.
VCA has opened a new era in the field of transplantation, reconstructive and restorative surgery. This Section brings together 10 representatives of major European teams at the forefront in this field.
Dr Andreas Kousios is a consultant nephrologist at Nefrontida Medical Centre in Nicosia, Cyprus. He trained in Nephrology initially in Cyprus and subsequently in Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. He has served as a consultant nephrologist in Hammersmith hospital since 2019, one of the largest UK and European Transplant centres. He has gained significant experience in renal and pancreas transplantation working in a multidisciplinary team of health professionals. He has a major interest in living kidney donation with clinical work in a dedicated pre-donation and post-donation living donor clinics. Dr Andreas Kousios has co-organised and participated in educational donor- and recipient-centred meetings promoting living donation. He has presented clinical research at national and international meetings, focusing on donors’ outcomes and other transplant-related areas. Dr Andreas Kousios is an honorary senior clinical lecturer at Imperial College London. He holds an MSc in Molecular Medicine and Genetics and he is a candidate for an MSc in Epidemiology.
Having repatriated to his native country Cyprus in 2023, Dr Andreas Kousios aims to transfer his clinical experience working closely with Cypriot colleagues and the Cypriot renal association to advance kidney transplantation in Cyprus. His focus is to promote and increase awareness on transplantation with emphasis on living pre-emptive kidney donation, especially in small countries in the periphery of Europe.
